Predicting the drag force on an object fixed in a planar flow has been the subject of extensive investigation from the early days of fluid mechanics when it emerged as an independent discipline. The analytical solution for the drag force experienced by a rigid sphere for creeping flow conditions, found by Stokes [1]} in 1851, is one of the first known analytical expression in the fluid mechanic's community. Stokes assumed in his solution that inertial effects of the fluid could be neglected throughout the solution domain. However, Oseen
[2]} found an inconsistency in the Stokes solution. Specifically, he found that inertial fluid effects cannot be neglected far away from the sphere.  He derived a new form of equations, known as Oseen equations [2]}, that can handle this inconsistency, and he came up with an improved approximation for the drag coefficient, defined as \(C_D = F_D/(\frac{1}{2} \rho v_{\infty }^2 \frac{\pi }{4} d^2)\) ,
where \(F_D\)  is the drag force, \(\rho \)  the fluid density, \(v_{\infty }\)  the fluid flow velocity far away from the sphere, and \(d\)  the sphere diameter
[4]}. There are additional solutions to the Oseen equations, such as those of Goldstein
[5]} and Faxén
[6]}.
